Analysis: No End In Sight For Pakistan's Struggle Against The Taliban -- The Telegraph
Pakistan's government and army are in a state of denial about the extent of the Taliban's threat, despite nearly a dozen suicide attacks in as many days.
Pakistan's militants are intent on nothing less than toppling the government, assassinating the ruling establishment, imposing an Islamic state and getting hold of Pakistan's nuclear weapons.
The attacks in advance of the army's ground offensive in South Waziristan were widespread, taking place in three of the country's four provinces and involving not just Taliban tribesmen from the Pashtun ethnic group, but extremist Punjabi factions who were until recently trained by the Interservices Intelligence (ISI) to fight India in Kashmir.
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My Comment: No end in sight is how I would label this also.
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